Information Exposure Affecting nss-sysinit package, versions <0:3.90.0-6.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-NSSSYSINIT-6245210
  • published 13 Feb 2024
  • disclosed 19 Dec 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nss-sysinit to version 0:3.90.0-6.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0785.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-sysinit package and not the nss-sysinit package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as "Minerva". This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 121.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

4.3 medium